I was out cutting down some large boxes in the garage. I've been cleaning it out to fit the cars in. My car can squeeze in, but it will be a bit before we can get Cheryl's in as well. When I say mine can "squeeze in", I'm exaggerating slightly. The car fits in fine, but there's a mere 6" to open the door, so really, I do all the squeezing. :)
Tangent aside, Cheryl came out, "Hun, can you help Belle? She has a bean stuck in her nose." Derg! I'm thinking ...small hard object in nasal cavity, likely hospital visit, just paid to fix the boiler's gas valve, egads... "I'll be right in" *with a smile*.
You know those foam clown noses you can buy at any reputable dollar store? Belle's now prominent feature was doing a fine imitation. 0.o
"Look up sweety" I said. Pinch, pop, whew! A fully cooked pinto bean popped out. The whole scene reminded me of the nature channel where a snake was eating a rat 3x as large as the snake's mouth... *pat on the back* A job well done. :)
Moments later, Belle (still sounding stuffy) says, "Dad, I still have some bean in my nose."
^^ -> 0.o
Alright... I ask her to tilt her head up and sure enough, I can see a little mashed bean high up in her OTHER nostril. I squeeze as much out as will easily come, then ask her to blow into a tissue. A little more comes out. "Alright sweety, give it a super blow. One. Two THREE!" Blam! Out shoots an entire second bean from far enough up in her nasal passage that I couldn't even see the tip of it! Blagh!
Needless to say, we imparted the gravity of the situation, and I was compelled to show her the slight of hand behind my age-old "poof goes the object, then pull from subject's nose" trick. 0.o
Minutes later she was back to happy-go-lucky, and we were on to bigger and better things like constructing our next live-action Angry Birds stage. :)
